“When you compare the [Obama administration’s] new rules to the things that went wrong on the BP rig, it’s obvious that those same problems could go terribly wrong again, in spite of the so-called safety rules,” said Oceana senior campaign director and senior scientist Jacqueline Savitz.

Dr. Savitz goes on to say the rush to build more wells offshore must be stopped.

In April 2010, the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill released 200 million gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico (Courtesy of U.S. Coast Guard, Deepwater Horizon response).

Blowout preventer problems are just the tip of the iceberg says the new report. The new regulations fail to improve inspections or change bad industry practices for example.